Garment-hanger.



N0. 638,959. Patented Dec. I2, 1899.

C. C. COPELAND.

GARMENT HANGER.

(Application filed Mar. 2, 1899.

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CHARLES CL COPELAND, OE MILTQN, MASSAC']lUSil l'lTS.

GARMENT-HANGERQ;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,959, datedDecember 12, 1899.

Application filed M irch 2, 1899. eriel-No. 70f7,501. {No lllOLlQl- To all H ll-0171' it may 0011 CCI'II'.

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. COPELAND,

'of Milton, count;' of Norfolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improve ment in Garment-llangers, of which the following description, in connection with thesecompany-ing drawings, isa specification, like letters on thexdrawings representing like parts. 3

My invention is an improved combined coat-hanger and pants-supporter of the kind usually and preferably made of wire, my

present invention residing more particularlyin means provided for securing the trousers in place, all as Wlll be more particularly set forth in the following description and claim, reference being had to the. accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, nigure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2 is, a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

I prefer to employ spring-steel wire in luck? mg my improved hanger, this Wire being carried upwardlyiata, and bent laterally at a. and thence curved, as shown at a and arched at a? to its middle a where the wire is bent into a book a, and thence carried at a in a continuation of the arch a to (L where it is bent back on itself, the ends a a constituting the ends of the coat-hanger. From a point a the wire is carried straight along the back of a block or strip of wood I), being. secured thereto .by any suitable means, as 'by staples a, a similar block b' heing similarly,

secured to an opposite portions of the wire,

a spring-coils being formed at one end of the two blocks and a second spring-s being formed adjacent the other end of one of the blocks, the wire beingparricd from its second spring forward, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and bent at an angle at a, Whence'it is passed loosely through-a staple a to a short distance beyond the block b,-where it is provided with atho'ok or to catch over the wire at a so as to lock the two blocks in'proper position to grip between them the pants-legs. The opposite end, a is fastened in the end of block b. I

It will be understood-that certain'features of my invention may be employed without where consider; ble weight is to be suspended it will be prefe '"able to make the coat-hanger portion of the supporter .from heavier wire the spring portions thereof.

One feature of myinventiou resides ing one end (shown as the right-hand end,

the other end, this being to accommodate it to the usual oblique outatthe bottoms of the trousers.

invention, the operation thereof; will be apparent. ,l

lVheu it is desired to support a pair of blocks bl), with the higher heel edges of the trousers at the right-hand end of, said blocks, and thereupon the blocks are pressed together and the spring-hook a is caught over the opgposite wire (l In doing this-if, the trousers are made of thick material the thumb will be pressed against the front wire adjacent the point e thereby pushing the hook forward until it can be caught over the opposite wire, the spring 8 permitting this, and at the same time the construction is such that the blocks will maintain, substantially, parallelism, for the reason that the spring .s: will correspondingly yield, so that the blocks are permitted to spread as much at one end as at the other, thereby preventing the. undue creasing and another. Furthermore, inasmuch as a the blocks arenot horizontal, but are inclined, they will permit the trousers to hang-in a hamtendency and without having their weight pull'more on one side than on the other, and likewise for the same reason the blocks will come parallel to the bottom edges of the pantslegs, so that any crease or mark. which they may make on the latter will not be conspicnous. it

Having described my invention, what I claim as new,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

blocks, a spring at one end ,connecting said using the continiious wire; and also that Fig. 1) of the tronsols-supporter higher than Having described the construction of my trousers, theyare foldedi in the usual manner and their lower edges are placed between the rail and proper position without an)! twisting than .the' rest of the device, orat leasttlhauin makmarking of the trousers at one part more than too A garment-hanger, com prising two opposite 'tioned spring having blocks and a spring adjacent the other end secured to one of the blocks, the last-menits free end extending forwardly and bent at an angle transversely to said end, and provided with a catch for locking tghe two blocks together, and means for suspending said blocks frmma hook or naiL'said blocks when in their normal suespemled posifion having one of their ends higher than the scribed.

In testimony name to this spe 6W0 subscribing other, substantialiy 61% m whereof I have signed my cification in the presence of witnesses,

C. COPELAIZJD.

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